Instruments we may need
or may not
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This session:
MuSiCoS, Narval & ESPaDONs archive (James)
DAO (Jason) Archive observations (Luca)
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Part IThe most obvious choices
Optical spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry
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High resolution spectropolarimetryNarval @ Pic-du-Midi
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High resolution spectropolarimetryESPaDONs @ CHFT
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High resolution spectropolarimetryDAO
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High resolution spectropolarimetryHARPS @ ESO?
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Low resolution spectropolarimetry(FORS1/2 @ ESO)
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Low resolution spectropolarimetry
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V/I = -4.67 x 10–13 2 dI/d 1/I <Bz> + V0/I0
<Bz> = -9000 +/- 150 G
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Low resolution spectropolarimetry(ISIS @ WHT)
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Low resolution spectropolarimetryRSS @ SALT?
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Low res. spectropolarimetry:Advantages and drawbacks
Extremely efficient on hot and fast rotating stars
No additional use other than for field determinations
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High resolution spectroscopy:Sophie@Haute-Provence
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High resolution spectroscopy:FIES @ NOT
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UCLES@AAT
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High resolution spectroscopy(UVES @ VLT)
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High/mid-to-low resolution multi-object spectroscopy: FLAMES@VLT
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High/mid-to-low resolution multi-object spectroscopy: FLAMES@VLT
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High/mid-to-low resolution multi-object spectroscopy: FLAMES@VLT
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FLAMESFiber Large Array Multi-Element Spectrograph
132 GIRAFFE Medusa buttons
30 GIRAFFE IFU buttons
8 UVES buttons
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FLAMESFiber Large Array Multi-Element Spectrograph
NAMENAME min min (Ǻ)(Ǻ) max max ((ǺǺ)) ((ǺǺ)) RR
H 379.0 3700 3867 167 22500
H395 3854 4049 195 19600
… … … … …
H627.3 6120 6405 285 22500
… … … … …
H920.5 8960 9419 459 19000
FLAMES high resolution settings
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FLAMESFiber Large Array Multi-Element Spectrograph
NAMENAME min min (Ǻ)(Ǻ) max max ((ǺǺ)) ((ǺǺ)) RR
L385.7 3620 4081 461 8000
L427.2 3964 4567 603 6400
… … … … …
L614.2 6438 7148 746 8600
… … … … …
L881.7 8206 9400 1190 6500
FLAMES low resolution settings
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From less obvious to exotic
Photometry Multi-objects vs. 3D spectroscopy IR Imaging and spectroscopy Interferometry Radio X-rays, UV Astrometry (Gaia)
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REM
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3-D spectroscopy
Are we interested?
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NIR high resolution spectroscopy:CRIRES @ VLT
R=100,000 Spectral coverage = 5 nm!
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Future instruments: SPIROU@CHFT
Spectral coverage: 0.9 to 2.5 m Spectral resolution: R=50,000 15% throughput S/N ratio = 100 with 1h exp on a J=13 star Commissioning on 2013
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GIANO @ TNG
Similar to Spirou Commissioning in 2009 Attached at the Nasmith
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High resolution NIR imagingNACO@VLT
FWHM < 0.05” in JHK